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1.1       root        1: .TH LAST 1 "1 April 1981"
                      2: .UC 4
                      3: .SH NAME
                      4: last \- indicate last logins of users and teletypes
                      5: .SH SYNOPSIS
                      6: .B last
                      7: [
                      8: \-N
                      9: ]
                     10: [
                     11: name ...
                     12: ] [
                     13: tty ...
                     14: ]
                     15: .SH DESCRIPTION
                     16: .I Last
                     17: will look back in the
                     18: .I wtmp
                     19: file which records all logins and logouts for information about
                     20: a user, a teletype or any group of users and teletypes.
                     21: Arguments specify names of users or teletypes of interest.
                     22: Names of teletypes may be given fully or abbreviated.
                     23: For example `last 0' is the same as `last tty0'.
                     24: If multiple arguments are given, the information which applies
                     25: to any of the arguments is printed.  For example `last root console'
                     26: would list all of "root's" sessions as well as all sessions
                     27: on the console terminal.
                     28: .I Last
                     29: will print the sessions of the specified users and teletypes,
                     30: most recent first, indicating the times at which the session
                     31: began, the duration of the session, and the teletype which the
                     32: session took place on.
                     33: If the session is still continuing or was cut short by a reboot,
                     34: .I last
                     35: so indicates.
                     36: .PP
                     37: The pseudo-user
                     38: .B reboot
                     39: logs in at reboots of the system, thus
                     40: .DT
                     41: .PP
                     42:        last reboot
                     43: .PP
                     44: will give an indication of mean time between reboot.
                     45: .PP
                     46: .I Last
                     47: with no arguments prints a record of all logins and logouts, in
                     48: reverse order.
                     49: The
                     50: .B \-N
                     51: option limits the report to N lines.
                     52: .PP
                     53: If
                     54: .I last
                     55: is interrupted, it indicates how far the search has progressed
                     56: in
                     57: .I wtmp.
                     58: If interrupted with a quit signal
                     59: (generated by a control-\e)
                     60: .I last
                     61: indicates how far the search has progressed so far, and the
                     62: search continues.
                     63: .SH FILES
                     64: /usr/adm/wtmp          login data base
                     65: .br
                     66: /usr/adm/shutdownlog   which records shutdowns and reasons for same
                     67: .SH SEE\ ALSO
                     68: wtmp(5), ac(8), lastcomm(1)
                     69: .SH AUTHOR
                     70: Howard Katseff

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